Here’s my 15 year old beautiful red bud tree. Like a bird’s eye chillie, she’s one tough cookie. Sadly, she lost a branch during last year’s ice storm. When the going gets tough, this lady keeps going. Today, she’s Jupiter’s work of ice art. Look! She’s so pweeedy! Everything is so quiet and peaceful here …
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What do you do when the mighty ice storm hits, the roads are frozen solid, and there’s no where to go? I pipe dream. I pipe dream of food. Good food like Chicago good food. As I sit here by my frozen window in the middle of nowhere in the Jupiter-hit Great Plains, I close …
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“Bold. Dark. Creamy and “Kau-Kau”. That’s how the girl loves her tiramisu. In Malaysia, “kau-kau” (pronounced as”cow-cow” means “strong”.) This special birthday dessert is dedicated to Nina, my second daughter. A night owl, she helped me breathe life into this blog. Wouldn’t a Red Dirt Tiramisu be the perfect pick-me-up for her? So what’s the story on …